[aclug-L] Re: NIC gone

[Wayne White <WWHITE1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:31 AM 02/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>You probably just need to run insmod or modprobe to insert the appropriate
>module for the NIC.  You can make this happen every time you boot by editing
>/etc/modules (that's what it is in Debian, at least, it's probably similar
>in Caldera).  Simply put the name of the module on a line by itself in that
>file.  For instance, for an NE2000 or compatible:
>
>
>ne
>
>
>Should do it... :-)
>
>

Well, I wish it had. I added ne to /etc/modules/default, which appears to 
be the appropriate file in Caldera. No luck. 

Likewise, insmod and modprobe don't help either. When I run modprobe -l it
doesn't list any modules. insmod ne returns the message that there is no 
module by that name. I don't understand how it can work when installed,but
not be there after a reboot. It seems that the module would either have to
be there or in the kernel for it to work at all. 

Maybe I'll try recompiling the kernel.

Any other ideas?

Thanx,

Wayne

>On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 10:24:06AM -0600, Wayne White wrote:
>> Yesterday I installed Open Linux 2.3 on a spare machine. It installed fine
>> and all was right with the world. This morning I shut it down do rearrange
>> some cables. When it booted back up it couldn't initialize the eth0. I get
>> the following two messages. "eth) unknown interface  no such device" and
>> "eth0 initialization failed." Yesterday eth0 worked fine. The lights on
>> both the NIC and my hub are on. The network cable is in place. I find no
>> eth0 in the /dev directory, although I'm not sure that I should. 
>> 
>> I suspect that there was some temporary file left from the install that
>> allowed the machine to see eth0 until the first reboot. That makes me think
>> that there is probably a file somewhere that can be edited to make the
>> machine recognize its eth0 again. Is that the case? I don't find any
>> configuration utility in Open Linux that would make a change so that eth0
>> would once again be seen. The machine seems to want to initialize eth0 but
>> just can't find it. How would I tell it where to look?
>> 
>> This is all based on a novice's assumptions, so if I'm wrong about this
>> stuff set me straight. I would appreciate any help I could get with this. I
>> wanted to fool around with OL for a while, but need the network connection
>> to work.
>> 
>> TIA,
>> 
>> Wayne
>
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